ABC’s Fall Schedule in Turmoil with Call to Glory Standout
Failing ratings haunt ABC with third place in Week One and slim Week Two gains as baseball playoffs impact viewership. Foes NBC and CBS string together stronger numbers while ABC shuffles programs including Foul-Ups and Glitters 7%. Call to Glory remains the lone quality showing, facing slumps and potential time-slot changes to salvage military family drama.
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TV Schedule Sparks Shakeups as NBC Leads Early Season
NBC dominates the early season with Highway to Heaven rising Wed 8. Cosby Show tops expectations, Magnet Magnum on Thu 4, Family Ties and Cheers climbing. CBS grapples with Cover-Up hiatus after Hexum injury, Murder She Wrote holds audiences, and Hot Pursuit flops threaten CBS. ABC faces competition as Benson Webster and V debut Friday, with A-Team battles looming. Preseason baseball pre emptions fade, TV picture should clarify soon.
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Ma And Pa Kettle Back On The Farm and Other Movie Notes
TV listings brief block shows movies at 10:38 and 10:35 AM including Ma and Pa Kettle Back On The Farm 1954 with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride noted for uranium hoax. The Last Sunset 1961 with Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas appears, plus Napoleon 1927 restored with new score featuring Abel Gance. Reward 1980 with Michael Parks and Annie McEnroe features a cop who quits to solve a crime with a student helper. Includes Paper Chase listing with Robert Reed as law professor.
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Television listings with varied film titles and schedules
A dense schedule of movies and TV programs across channels noting titles such as The Molly Maguires The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank and Time Travelers along with times and channel tags. Includes debates and nature features plus theatre pieces and awards shows with multiple actors and plot hints across a full day slate.
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